Roses (suit)

For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation).

Roses
Native name	German: Rosen
Deck	Swiss-suited playing cards
Invented	15th century

Roses or Flowers is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of Swiss-suited playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th century German speaking Switzerland and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. It is equivalent to the Hearts suit in German and French decks.

Characteristics

The rose is represented by a stylised yellow flower, with six leaves and an orange pistil.

In German, the suit is called Rosen.

Cards

The following images depict the suit of Roses from an 1850 Swiss-suited pack:

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  2
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  6
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  7
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  8
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  9
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  Banner
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  Unter
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  Ober
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  King